Saturday, 11 June 2011

Rome

I was going to start another blog as a place for my travel photographs that don't really fit with what I post here. But then I barely manage to update this blog so I thought it a bit ridiculous to start another one. So, this is the start of my travel section where I get to bore you with what I take photos of when I am travelling :)

I took these when we travelled to Rome for a few days just before Christmas last year (and when the snow in the UK threatened to keep us in Italy for Christmas day). It was cold (but clearly not too cold for gelato!) and we had snow, hail, thunder and rain all in one afternoon! We stayed in a lovely little apartment in Trastevere and our friends stayed in another apartment nearby. I forgot to write down the restaurants and bars we found on our wanders but I will make sure I remember for next time.

Things I loved in Rome:The walk from Trastevere up to Janiculum Hill (great views of the city) and then down to the Vatican City;A Saturday afternoon stroll through the Villa Borghese gardens;Sunday lunch at Giggetto al Portico d'Ottavia in the Jewish ghetto;Espresso from Sant'Eustachio Il Caffe and Tazza D'Oro (clearly Italy has fantastic coffee everywhere but it is still wonderful to stand at the bar in these beautiful places. Just go early to avoid the queues);Gelato from Giolitti (even on a freezing afternoon in the middle of December);The views from the top of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (which thankfully has an elevator so you don't have to walk up hundreds of stairs);Antipasto at the tiny Buccone enoteca;Aperitifs at the Caffe della Pace (I still haven't acquired the taste for Campari and soda but I love the colour of it. So pretty!);Wandering around the Campo di Fiori while tearing off chunks of warm bread from Forno bakery.Watching the snow fall while we stood in the majestic surrounds of the Pantheon.

Thanks so much @cylia and @A girl, A style!@briony- just wish the days were a little lighter (okay a lot lighter!) and less grey in Europe in winter. The light was pretty dull most of the time- well except in that photo with the blue sky! I have so many travel photos just sitting on my harddrive- so this is my incentive to actually do something with them!

These practically look like beautiful postcards, the local museum gift shop type, having a story attached to each. Love them Vanessa, they're truly artful (or, at least, they are to me!). xx from Soleil

Andrea- thanks! I have a couple of UK places coming up shortly (once I sort through the photos!)@Elise Bergman- The best pomegranates I ever saw were in Istanbul. There are these amazing little stalls where you can buy freshly juiced orange, and pomegranate juices- so yummy.

These are beautiful! Reminds me a bit of "Little Brown Pen", another travel (well, Paris) photography blog I admire.The Vittorio Emanuele monument had an elevator? :O I can't believe I didn't knew this, I almost had to lie down when I reached the top I was so exhausted.

@kim- thanks for your kind words! Um, well we had to go up stairs (boo!) inside the building to get to the elevator but then to get right to the top we took an elevator. It was sort of around the back of the building? I actually didn't know about the look-out until I struck up a conversation with two elderly twins when we were having a coffee at a cafe. One suggested we go there-glad we did as the view was awesome.Highly recommend the climb (via stairs) of the Eiffel Tower( which I have done twice) even if you are hideously terrified of heights like me! The elevator is good if you are in a hurry but the stairs gives a sense of achievement once you reach the "top".

Love love love ALL your photos always so I'm so glad you've decided to share travel photos with us! Getting a little look into the way other people things see is so much fun... and I especially adore seeing what you see Vanessa.

I'm so glad to hear about this new section on your blog! It might be weird to confess this but the reason I follow your blog is not because of fashion itself but the quality of your images. There's something to your photographs that I simply adore. So now seeing your talent reflected on different subjects will be wonderful! Looking forward to more of this!

great bits and pieces of interesting moments and observations...Makes me wanna go to Italy again and see the same things you've seen, because I didn't notice all of them before.....beautiful pictures!!! Much better than having lots of landscapes